老夫子传媒

Program Topic

We all imagine a way of being that is more open, free, and connected than currently experience. Everything we do, knowingly or not, is motivated by the impulse to make this vision a reality. And yet somehow, we often find ourselves anxious and cut off from each other and the world around us.

The Buddha himself was driven by the same imagination. Through his example, and the guidance of wisdom traditions throughout the ages, we can discover a way of experiencing our lives and the world around us as being open, fluid and fundamentally good.

During this weekend, through teachings, discussions, and meditation, we鈥檒l discover the path that leads to an experience of the world as being a "sacred world,鈥� a world of people who are鈥攋ust like us鈥攆undamentally whole, complete and affectionately connected to each other.

Tim began his Buddhist studies in 1977 under the late Ch枚gyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. In 1981, Trungpa Rinpoche invited Mingyur Rinpoche鈥檚 father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, to teach in Boulder. Profoundly moved by him, Tim and his family moved just a few months later to Kathmandu to study with Tulku Urgyen and his sons. During the twelve years that he lived in Nepal, Tim studied with many of the older teachers living there and worked as a psychotherapist serving the international community. In 2000, Tim moved to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia where he served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest residential Buddhist monastery in North America. He is presently the president of the Pema Ch枚dr枚n Foundation, which supports Gampo Abbey.

In 2003, after a visit by Mingyur Rinpoche to Gampo Abbey, Tim started the Yongey Foundation to support and promote Mingyur Rinpoche鈥檚 activities in the West. Tim lives with his wife Glenna in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he leads an active community that follows Mingyur Rinpoche鈥檚 teachings and those of his family lineage.

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